Improvement in toilet-combs



Ause of a brush.

a toilet-comb in which the keri's or slits be- NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

I. `SMITH HYATT AND JOHT W. HYATT, OF ALBANY, NEV YORK. l

IMPROVEMENT IN TOILET-COMES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 135,918, dated February 18, 1873.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that we, I. SMITH HYATT and JOHN W. HYATT, of the city and county of straight groove running transversely or at right angles from one side of the comb to the other. 1n using the comb these grooves or the base of the slits ill up with dirt, which is found extremely ditlicult to remove. The most convenient means for cleaning'a comb of the mat- Y ter that collects between theteeth, is a brush 5 but this fails to clean out thebase or central port`on ofthe base of the cuts between the teeth.-

'lhe object of our invention is the production of a comb that is less liable to become clogged with dirt than those of ordinary construction, and that can be readily cleaned by the simple The invention consists of tween the teeth terminate at their base in two grooves, which inclinefrom thevcenter of the comb laterally oneither side toward the back of the comb, so that the ordinary action of therein can be readily discharged by simply brushing either sideof the comb.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a fragmentary side view of our improved comb. Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof through one ofthe slits between the teeth. Fig. 3 is a similar section, showing the common method of forming the slits.

Like letters of reference designate like parts in each of the figures.

In Fig. 3, a represents the base of one of the slits between the teeth of a comb of ordinary construction, and b `the shape in which the dirt remains lodged therein after the comb has been attempted to be cleaned by a brush. c c, in Figs. l and 2, represent the inclines which form the base of the slits in our improved comb. These inclines unite in the center between the teeth, so as to form an apex or ridge,

somewhat similar to the form which the dirt assumes as it becomes lodged in the base of the slits of an ordinary comb.

The facility with which our improved comb can be freed from any dirt that may collect between the teeth becomes obvious from an inspection of the drawing.

Vhatvwe claim as our invention is- A1toiletcomb in which the base of the kerf's or slits between the teeth are formed by the two inclines or grooves c c,'arranged in the manner herein shown and described. V

I. SMITH HYATT. Vitnesses: JOHN W. HYATT.

ALBERT A. SANBQRN, C. M. HYATT.- 

